My wife had two 3 millimeter skin biopsies (size of a pencil eraser) by an Orlando Health physician. Fee: $371. (Normal). It’s a simple 3 minute office procedure (I’ve done hundreds of them in my practice).
The problem: Treatment room charge was $3,898.
This was a normal treatment room, not a sterile operating room. Dermatologists, surgeons, podiatrists, and primary care doctors do this routinely in an office with no unnecessary treatment room charges. This room charge was not covered by insurance nor should it be as it is unnecessary to do this minimal procedure in a special room…